You Can Dance

Infobox Album |
Name = You Can Dance
Type = Remix
Artist = Madonna


Released = November 17 1987
Recorded = 1982 - 1987
Genre = Remix, Dance
Length = 68:31
Label = Sire, Warner Bros.
Producer = Stephen Bray, John "Jellybean" Benitez, Bruce Forest, Frank Heller, Reggie Lucas, Steve Thompson, Michael Barbiero, Shep Pettibone
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ywarqj1bojja link]
*Robert Christgau (A-) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=madonna link] |
Last album = "Who's That Girl"
(1987)
This album = "You Can Dance"
(1987)
Next album = "Like a Prayer"
(1989)
Misc = Singles
Name = You Can Dance
Type = Remix
single 1 = Spotlight
single 1 date = April 25, 1988 (Japan only)

"You Can Dance" is the first remix album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on November 17, 1987 by Sire Records. The album contains remixes of tracks from her first three studio albums and a new track, "Spotlight," which gained moderate airplay in the US. The RIAA certified it' Gold & Platinum on Jan 20, 1988, denoting one million shipments in the United States and worldwide has sold at least five million copies. [ [http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml AbsoluteMadonna.com - Album Charts & Stats ] ] [ [http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/ Madonna- Latest Madonna music, charts, awards, CDs, Confessions on a dancefloor, Madonna, American Life, Erotica, sales figures ] ] [ [http://www.madonna.com/home/ Madonna ] ] A promotional version, "You Can Dance - Single Edits of Album Remixes", was issued on the same day to dance clubs in the US featuring single edits of the album cuts.

Album history

The tracks on the album were segued together to resemble a DJ's set; this idea was revisited on the 2005 dance album "Confessions on a Dance Floor". Although it was her only album to fail to reach the top ten in the United States it sold well (1,000,000 copies in the US), despite having no singles to promote it. Its success also inspired other artists such as Paula Abdul, Bobby Brown, Jody Watley, and Milli Vanilli to release remix albums.

In Japan, the album's one new song, "Spotlight," (left over from the "True Blue" recording sessions) was released as a single, and made the top ten. "You Can Dance" continued Madonna's string of platinum-selling albums.

Trivia

* Originally it is thought that the album was to be released at the end of 1986 or early 1987, as the catalogue number is WX76 which is not in order with the previous album releases; "True Blue" (released June 12, 1986) — WX54, "Who's That Girl" (August 1, 1987) — WX102, "You Can Dance" (November 28, 1987) — WX76. Madonna also used the Shep Pettibone remix of "Into the Groove" during her 1987 Who's That Girl World Tour which began on June 14, 1987 — 5 months before the album release.

*The Shep Pettibone remixes of "Where's the Party" and "Into the Groove" were featured on the 1991 "Crazy for You" UK re-issue.

Track listing

ee also

*List of best-selling albums in the United States

References

External links

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